- Date
- July 8, 1968
- Place
- Clinton, IL · CLINTON, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7656YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109864
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1983 68/7/8 CLINTON,ILL PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1353 N7656Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 57, 5150 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 275 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THORP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- TAIL WIND 15 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7656Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thorp
N7656YRegistration cancelled Sep 9, 2015 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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